Flour millers call for a separate quota for Ukrainian flour exports to the EU or for its removal altogether

“Starting from June 6, we have the opportunity to supply a total of 583.3 thousand tons of wheat and wheat flour to the EU market by the end of the year. But since the quota is unified, I am not sure that we will “crush” into it. It is much easier for wheat grain exporters to find a buyer in the EU and close the quota,” Rybchinsky said. He added that the specialized association continues to convey information to European officials through all possible communication platforms about the need to allocate a separate quota for Ukrainian flour for export to the EU or to remove it altogether. Rybchinsky stated that before the war, 678 enterprises specializing in grain processing operated in Ukraine, but in 2022, 192 enterprises were destroyed and remained in the occupied territories. As of the end of 2024, 88 enterprises had been restored. At the same time, the export of flour and cereals has decreased by 50% since the beginning of the full-scale war. Among the reasons, Rybchinsky named, ...